All my life I wanted to lead. I love to go into the community and share with others. I have been invited to give the morning devotion to a group of key leaders who are doing a Bible interpretation course. I also am invited to attend. I cannot miss this opportunity to speak, however I feel I should attend the course, at least for one day. Then I can wake up early, give the devotion and make connections. So I accept.
I arrive for the second day. The humidity is high, the air intense. This is the hottest it has been for some time. I observe the teacher is a foreign woman. She is so enthusiastic and ministers with a genuine love. I am warmly welcomed. She asks what each one had learnt the day before. I am amazed at the responses … never heard such things! ‘What really impacted me was the way God communicates to us in a way the culture of the time can understand. This showed me God’s great love and understanding for people, for us.’ Another shares. ‘When I heard that God gives and never takes back I knew this was the truth. So powerful was this and His love. Now all my fears are gone.’ Then another. ‘When we don’t surrender to God’s will and come to know Him we have no fruit. When we have relationship fully surrendering and receiving, He produces the fruit. Surrender and receive. I will never forget the Secret of Success.’ One by one I became unsettled. What have I missed? We now start the next session. I observe the foreign woman as she continually stands and sweats. In a servant heart she is giving everything of herself to us.
